Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I have a statement I am going to make on the Voting Rights Act, which I think is apropos as we are considering Super Tuesday and the millions of Americans who will participate. But first I would like to address the comments that were just made by the Republican Senate leader. Mr. President, you are a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and you were there the day Adeel Mangi's nomination came before our committee. It is a unique nomination. It has never happened before-- never in the history of the United States--because Mr. Mangi is a Muslim American, and he is being nominated to serve on the second highest court in the land. When you read his biography--and I don't have it before me; I am going to come back when I do have all the information before me--you cannot help but believe that this is an extraordinary individual and an extraordinary lawyer who is seeking this spot. The treatment he received in the Senate Judiciary Committee--you will remember it as well as I will--because he was a Muslim American was outrageous--outrageous. They believe that he must be a terrorist because he is Muslim, and it was suggested by a number of Senators questioning him that he has links with terrorism. In fact, one Republican Senator went so far as to ask him on the record: Do you celebrate 9/11 in your home? Do you celebrate 9/11 in your home? He said: Of course not. It was a horrible thing.…”